The Cortez Brothers has added Jeannette Godoy to its roster of directors
The Cortez Brothers has added Jeannette Godoy to its roster of directors for U.S. Hispanic market representation. She continues to be handled by SuperLounge for U.S. mainstream market commercialmaking. Godoy earned inclusion earlier this year into SHOOT's New Directors Showcase…..BBDO San Francisco has hired Dan Hofstadter as associate creative director. He was most recently a copywriter at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners where he worked on such accounts as H-P, Yahoo!, Foster Farms, Sprint and Comcast…..Dallas-based editorial, audio and VFX boutique 3008 has named Lynn Louria as executive producer. Prior to joining 3008, Louria was social media manager for Splash Media in Dallas. She gained postproduction and broadcast experience working with Video Post & Transfer, The Richards Group and Post Op prior to leaving Dallas for Virginia, where she was director of development and communications for the Elizabeth River Project in Portsmouth. Louria returned to Dallas following stints as an account exec for a Norfolk advertising agency and as marketing director for a food company….Josh Libitsky has been promoted from head of production to executive producer at bicoastal production company Stardust….
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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